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Overview of government raids on religious minorities. An increase in raids in the 1990s was related to a shift of the anti-cult movement from brain washing accusations to child abuse ones. 6 case studies.

Based on interviews with ministers & aspiring ministers of the Church of God in Christ; focuses on their sense of calling. Includes male clergy & female ministers. Many men never became pastors, despite ordination.

Pyrrhic Victory? An Analysis of the Appeal Court Opinions Concerning the FLDS Children.Schreinert, Tamatha L., and James T. Richardson (2011) In Stuart A. Wright and James T. Richardson (eds.) Saints under Siege. The Texas State Raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. New York: New York University Press, pp. 242-263..

Examines the aftermath of court decisions favorable to the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, returning their children to the families of church members.

What the Other Half is Doing: An Analysis of Gender Inclusivity in Church of Christ Congregations.Johnson, Stephen D., and Lynette Sharp Penya (2011) Restoration Quarterly 53:4: 21-233.

Associated Search Terms: ChurchesofChrist, U.S.A.; Gender role

Political and Legislative Context of the FLDS Raid in Texas.Richardson, James T., and Tamatha L. Schreinert (2011) In Stuart A. Wright and James T. Richardson (eds.) Saints under Siege. The Texas State Raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. New York: New York University Press, pp. 221-241..

Places the raid on the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Eldorado, Texas, in the context of controversies over new religions.

Introduction.Wright, Stuart A., and James T. Richardson (2011) In Stuart A. Wright and James T. Richardson (eds.) Saints under Siege. The Texas State Raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. New York: New York University Press, pp. 1-22.

Provides a general narrative of a state government raid on a polygamist ranch, showing that an anti-cult view prevailed over evidence in launching the raid.

Texas Redux. A Comparative Analysis of the FLDS and Branch Davidian Raids.Wright, Stuart A., and Jennifer Lara Fagen (2011) In Stuart A. Wright and James T. Richardson (eds.) Saints under Siege. The Texas State Raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. New York: New York University Press, pp. 150-177..

Despite obvious differences, the 2 raids were similar in the role played by anticult activists & ex-members, the media, state agents, & accusations made.

Deconstructing Official Rationales for the Texas State Raid on the FLDS.Wright, Stuart A. (2011) In Stuart A. Wright and James T. Richardson (eds.) Saints under Siege. The Texas State Raid on the Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints. New York: New York University Press, pp. 124-149.

Explores stratagems & rhetorical themes used to raid a religious commune & separate children from their families.

Analyzes 1996 data from United Church of Christ & Disciples of Christ clergy; clergy who are more liberal than their congregations experience job dissatisfaction, but not conservative clergy with liberal congregations.

Intimate Diversity: The Presentation of Multiculturalism and Multiracialism in a High-Boundary Religious Movement.Jenkins, Kathleen E. (2003) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 43:3: 393-409.

Based on field studies of International Churches of Christ congregations, with comparisons to Baha'i & Peoples Temple. High boundary groups that are diverse offer greater exposure to intimate diversity, but in limited contradictory ways.

The Language of God in the City of Man. Religious Discourse and Public Politics.Williams, Rhys H. (2003) In Corwin Smidt (ed.) Religion as Social Capital. Producing the Common Good. Waco, Texas: Baylor University Press, pp. 171-189.

Religious language can bond at the cost of the bridging kind of social capital or bridge at the cost of the bonding kind.

Analyzes 2001 questionnaire data from mainline Protestant clergy. Denominations differ in adherence to the social gospel & the moral reform movement. Differences in political party also occurred among & within denominations.

Associated Search Terms: Politics, U.S.A.; Disciples ofChrist; United Methodist; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; Reformed Church in America; American Baptist; Clergy; Protestant, U.S.A.

Introduction.Wuthnow, Robert, and John H. Evans (2002) In Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans (ed.), The Quiet Hand of God. Faith-Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 1-24.

Overview of American mainline Protestantism.

Associated Search Terms: Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.; United ChurchofChrist; American Baptist; Episcopal; Membership; Belief; United Methodist, U.S.A.; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

Vital Conflicts. The Mainline Denominations Debate Homosexuality.Cadge, Wendy (2002) In Robert Wuthnow and John H. Evans (ed.), The Quiet Hand of God. Faith-Based Activism and the Public Role of Mainline Protestantism. Berkeley: University of California Press, pp. 265-286.

Follows debates about homosexuality in 6 American Protestant churches.

Associated Search Terms: Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; Protestant, U.S.A.; American Baptist; United Methodist; Homosexuality; United ChurchofChrist; Episcopal; Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A.

The Gender Paradox in Work Satisfaction and the Protestant Clergy.McDuff, Elaine M. (2001) Sociology of Religion 62:1: 1-21.

Analyzes 1996 U.s. survey data from United Church of Christ & Disciples of Christ pastors. Explanations for greater job satisfaction among female clergy include subjective rewards & differential senses of justice.

Social Support and Compensating Differentials in the Ministry: Gender Differences in two Protestant Denominations.McDuff, Elaine M., and Charles W. Mueller (1999) Review of Religious Research 40;4: 307-330.

Female clergy receive more social support from congregations, but have less material compensation.

Lost in the Fifties. The Changing Family and the Nostalgic Church.Marler, Penny Long (1995) In Nancy T. Ammerman and Wade Clark Roof (eds.) Work, Family, and Religion in Contemporary Society. New York: Routledge, pp. 23-60.

Explores effects of changes in family structure & of nostalgia on American religion; examines a United Church of Christ congregation near Springfield, Massachusetts.

Associated Search Terms: Membership; United Methodist; American Baptist; United ChurchofChrist

The Meanings of a Merger: Denominational Identity in the United Church of Christ.Newman, William M. (1993) In Jackson W. Carroll and Wade Clark Roof (eds.) Beyond Establishment. Protestant Identity in a Post-Protestant Age. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster/John Knox, pp. 296-308.

Based on 1985 discussion group data; church membership was more local than denominational.

A New Typology for Organizations: Market, Bureaucracy, Clan and Mission, with Application to American Denominations.Scherer, Ross P. (1988) Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion 27:4: 475-498.

Examines prior studies of various denominations; focuses on the % of members adhering to the denomination of their parents, & data on pastors' views of church organization & mission.

Associated Search Terms: Presbyterian, U.S.A.; United ChurchofChrist

The Metropolitan Spiritual Churches of Christ: The Socio-religious Evolution of the Largest of the Black Spiritual Associations.Baer, Hans A. (1988) Review of Religious Research 30:2: 140-150.

Historical sociological analysis, showing the founding of the church in one congregation, & its growth. There is a trend toward becoming more mainstream protestant & de-emphasizing spiritualist & thaumaturgical traditions.